Insect trap



May 28, 1929. .F, OP T 1,715,173'

INSECT TRAP Filpd March 5, 1927 j /7 /d avwentoz wad/4% attorney Parana May 28,1929; 1

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\ izAp'pl ication filed March 5 19j27. Serial ne This invention relates to improvements in traps for roaches, water-bugs'and'like pests, and'theprimary ob ectis to provide a very simple and convenient form of folding like trap especially intended as an etlectivc.

means for introducing, vending and using an exterminating past-e adapted to effectively ex terminate pests of the character set forth when applied to a lure placed in the trap;

A further object-of the invention is to prolnotchesl9 provide seats forholding against vide a trap of economicaljconstruction which can be readily disposed in operative position and will prove exceptionally effective forthe service for which it has been designed.

With these and other objects view, the invention consists 'n the construction and ar-* rangement of the severalparts which will be described and claimed more-fully hereinafter.

In the'drawing z e V Figure 1 is a perspective view of'a trap embodying the features of the invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectionon the line 2,2Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a blank from which the trap is formed.

The improved trap is inthe iorm ofa fold ing boX made from a single blank or sheet, preferably square in contour, the essential feature of which is-the provision ofan economical means inthe form of an enclosure plied a poisonous material; a

' One of the preferred forms of the improved trap is made from the blank illustrated by FigureQ, and comprising a bottom5 from the four sides ofwhich projects folding flaps 6, 7,8 and 9. Eachflap has a crease line 10 for containinga lure to which has been'ap at the point of connection'thereofwith the base 5, and an adjacent elongatedrectangular insect inlet opening -11.' The loweredge of this opening is flush with the bottom 15 and is of such a size in len th as to permit the removal and insertion o? the lure therethrough without taking down the trap afteronce it has been set up.

the center and at an angle less than a diagonal 1 of the bottom 5, and a laterallyprojecting tongue 18which ispreferably formed with Each flap is further inter mediately formed with a crease line 12 where a terminal of roundedform having a notch'or:

seat'19 at the pointer intersection thereof with the inclined edge 17 The inclined edges tinned on opposed flaps so that tongues of each pair of opposed flaps will project in reverse directions and, when engaged, will interlock. The object of the inclined edges 17 is to pro- '(lllC-G' an interlocking clearance for the op posed pair ot'interlocking tongues while the accidental unlocking,-as, for instance, the tongues of the flaps 6 and otthe flapslr' and 9. v p

The improved box-like trap when constructed for commercial use will have the blank, as shown by Figure 3iflattened out, I said'arrangementof the blank for the box being also materially advantageous in shipping or transporting-the same in compact "the box, a lure consisting-of a slice of vege table or other suitable bait is placed upon the center of the bottom or base 5 and has applied V I, i

by slipping the eXtremit-yvof one under the extremityof the other,'.a.s shown in Figure 3, and thecompletingof the trap box enclosure andfito ngues 17 and 18 are reversely posi 8and the tongues form, and when arranged for format-ion of i crease lines12 andinte'rlocking the tongues 18 by likewiseintolding and securing the flaps 1 7 and 9 over. the top of the infolded and lockedfiaps 6'and' 8' and securing the tongues of the flaps 6 and 8. lVhen assembled in box like form, the improved trap will be complet ed and have the'appearance shown in Figure 1, the openings 11 permitting the ingress and egress of roaches and other similar pests to the lure heldwithin and on the bottom of the bozi and carrying thereon a suitablecoatingor quantity of the poisonous paste or ma- 'terial. The openings 11 areof such dimensionsthatthey' will give free access to roaches or, other pests to the lure havingthe paste applied thereto,andthese pests will be attracted "by the odor of the lure which is free to be scented by the pests through the openings 11. It is a wellknown fact that roaches and likepests instinctively-seek food under cover 1 of darkness, and if the enclosure or room in- V1 fested by these pests is entered by anyone, or said enclosure or room is illuminated, thepests will quickly run awayand hide themlwil h the Qa an ldry' l v 5 With0utany odor. i V Thejmprov ed"tretpfo b'o ke"form" v capable of fpeatedu'se'sthd replenishmenfi di jthe lurelitr eatd with the :"said extlerminatijngg g H :paste, in; View Of ithei-faictithaizffihk:Backing slves 111 crevices of; woodwork andl. Otheri depiarfim 5;. arid afien bf tfi paste tre ztied -luir thgresult 11p oflthe pests V I V I .Ir ingleksheet oibendablqmaterial and firmed flfibiprqvid'efa red-angular bottomfour Wings fqr ie bqe ich' Side Of thebo'ttom and bendable j at 'the juntions therewitheach wing pr vid- @in'giajsi de wall andiwtel rminal'lockin g portion, 7 the latter-having, an angular edge extending irom theouter edge ofifiheterminal' to as point beyonditfiecenter and-I when fld'edi being 0111a 7 line fllsser anglet-thafi the diagbna l of 'the g with=- thrangular" edge 1 a relatively andinbnnialjlyhdld the'terminals against sep ara t ibnythe walis'feach'beingrprovidedwith a 1" -negatively long opgning: the: lower edge of 50,

In testimonywhg CHARLES? MP' Z 50m" thelhatfif rorspirit ofthe 3O invention. q I 

